The clashes between farmers and herders over alleged encroachment on farmlands have claimed eight lives in Bayo Local Council of Borno State.
A counter-insurgency expert in the Lake Chad Region, Zagazola Makama, on Friday, disclosed that, “the people were killed after an argument by some farmers over an encroachment of their farmlands with cattle.”
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He added that on November 30th, another set of pastoralists encroached and led the cattle to eat up their crops that are yet to be harvested and evacuated to the granaries.
Makama further stated that several farmers were also hospitalised and security agencies were alerted.
“The deployment of security personnel stopped the attacks from further spreading to other farmlands.”
“Arrests have been made so far, while other perpetrators are at large,” the security source added.
